Brixton news, rumours and general chat - October 2012

[Onket]

I'm there most days. Probably 4 days out of 5. I used Peckham High Street Post Office on a Saturday and it was a joy, compared to those shysters on Brixton Hill.

 

[twistedAM]

But over how many visits?

How many times have you used it?
Please state:
- letter/package/parcel/other
- time of day
- number of staff at counter

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

How many times have you used it?
Please state:
- letter/package/parcel/other
- time of day
- number of staff at counter

I don't know, but I've been on Brixton Hill since 1985 so I've lost track, or are we only counting since it's been in NISA and not next door?

 

[twistedAM]

I don't know, but I've been on Brixton Hill since 1985 so I've lost track, or are we only counting since it's been in NISA and not next door?

NISA. Preferably in the last few months.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

NISA. Preferably in the last few months.

Well since I was barred from The Windmill, I now tend to use other POs

 

[paolo]

Well since I was barred from The Windmill...

Wtf?

 

[Onket]

This is just a stab in the dark, but I suspect she is talking rot.

 

[quimcunx]

Well since I was barred from The Windmill, I now tend to use other POs

You never said you were in a girl band.

 

[paolo]

You never said you were in a girl band.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You never said you were in a girl band.

I was keeping quiet about it

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Wtf?

Well according to TwistedAM I am, although I was never actually told I was barred, just told to "fuck off if I didn't like it"

 

[twistedAM]

Well according to TwistedAM I am, although I was never actually told I was barred, just told to "fuck off if I didn't like it"

You told me you were barred. Or maybe it was one of the locals.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You told me you were barred. Or maybe it was one of the locals.

Wasn't me. I chose to bar myself. It was you who said to me the other day I was barred

 

[twistedAM]

Wasn't me. I chose to bar myself. It was you who said to me the other day I was barred

Yes, cos you told me you were barred. You just said so now.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Yes, cos you told me you were barred. You just said so now.

Yes, but I barred myself.

The impression you gave me when I last saw you was that I was barred (not because I'd barred myself) but that I'd been barred by someone other than myself

 

[twistedAM]

Yes, but I barred myself.

The impression you gave me when I last saw you was that I was barred (not because I'd barred myself) but that I'd been barred by someone other than myself

You know what. You told be you were barred. I probably didn't listen to the second half of the sentence.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You know what. You told be you were barred. I probably didn't listen to the second half of the sentence.

Yes, you probably didn't listen to all of it where I said I'd been told to fuck off

I don't believe I've ever said the management used to the word "barred". In fact, I've made a point of pointing that out to other people who have said that.

Let's just split the difference then and I'll tell everyone you barred me. You did say it to me recently so it must be true

 

[twistedAM]

Yes, you probably didn't listen to all of it where I said I'd been told to fuck off

I don't believe I've ever said the management used to the word "barred". In fact, I've made a point of pointing that out to other people who have said that.

Let's just split the difference then and I'll tell everyone you barred me. You did say it to me recently so it must be true

But Minnie, people get confused when you say you barred yourself. The word that resonates most in that phrase and stays in the mind longest is barred which has different connotations. Easier to say you don't go there any more.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

But Minnie, people get confused when you say you barred yourself. The word that resonates most in that phrase and stays in the mind longest is barred which has different connotations. Easier to say you don't go there any more.

But I don't. People ask if I was barred and I say I was told to fuck off so barred myself

Not my fault they don't understand, and I explained what went on that night so it's not my fault the regulars misinterpreted it. In fact, I heard something recently that I'm supposed to have said, and thought wtf, where did that come from, and it came from someone in there who had misinterpreted something and I was getting texts off people asking me wtf had happened

 

[editor]

It was probably Jimmy Saville who barred you.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It was probably Jimmy Saville who barred you.

Always wondered what that den out back was for

 

[twistedAM]

Always wondered what that den out back was for

Well, if it was savile the fucker never fixed it.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Well, if it was savile the fucker never fixed it.

Always heard he was tight

 

[Mrs Magpie]

You are perceived by some posters as surly at time. Just saying.

Surly isn't the word I'd choose. More looking on the glum side.

 

[editor]

But Minnie, people get confused when you say you barred yourself. The word that resonates most in that phrase and stays in the mind longest is barred which has different connotations. Easier to say you don't go there any more.

First TutGate and now MinxGate. How many outrages can the public put up with before somebody does something?

 

[ajdown]

Nice steel drumming going on outside Iceland when I went past on the bus about half an hour ago.

 

[Badgers]

First TutGate and now MinxGate. How many outrages can the public put up with before somebody does something?

If someone 'in PR' has a bad night there the gloves will be off.

 

[leanderman]

I live round the corner... I was popping in to see if it was going to be somewhere local I'd like to eat... so Coldharbour lane no good for that.

I have seen lots of signs, but no signs of life, at the Nigerian restaurant/gallery/theatre/rehearsal space

 

[gaijingirl]

well I go away for an afternoon and all kinds of shit has gone down on the tittle-tattle thread.... wow!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

First TutGate and now MinxGate. How many outrages can the public put up with before somebody does something?

MinxGate didn't go public though